Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) has opened new offices in Vilnius, Lithuania and Riga, Latvia to “counter disinformation and reach new audiences in Belarus and Russia”.
TV Rain licence withdrawal “shameful”
Reporters Without Frontiers (RSF) has called the decision by the Latvian regulator NEPLP to withdraw the licence of the independent Russian channel TV Rain (Dohzd) shameful.
Telia’s Douglas Lubbe resigns
Douglas Lubbe, the chair of the board and member of the Remuneration Committee of Telia Lietuva, will resign from his position on October 14.
Lithuania rejects Russian TV channel ban complaint
A Lithuanian court has rejected a complaint by the Russian state broadcaster VGRTK over the suspension of the distribution of its channels Planeta RTR and Rossiya 24 in Lithuania.
Lithuanian regulator recommends Russian channel ban extension
The Lithuanian regulator LRTK has warned that if the country’s parliament (Seimas) decides to extend the state of emergency only on the border with the Belarus and Russia, the ban […]
Lithuanian viewers shun Russian channels
Russian language channels rebroadcast in Lithuania lost half their audience following the invasion of Ukraine on February 24.
Lithuania awards 5G licences
The Lithuanian regulator RRT has announced the preliminary results of a 5G auction for the 3400-3700 MHz radio frequency band.
TVP expands in Lithuania
The Polish public broadcaster’s channels TVP Wilno, TVP Info, TVP Historia 2, TVP Polonia, TVP World and Bielsat TV can now be received terrestrially throughout the whole of Lithuania.
Tet inks Sony Pictures Entertainment deal
The Latvian incumbent Tet and telcos Telia Lietuva (Lithuania) and Telia Eesti (Estonia) have signed a multi-year cooperation agreement with the film studio Sony Pictures Entertainment.
PBK channel ban continues in Latvia
Latvia’s Regional Administrative Court has ruled against the resumption of the broadcasting of PBK Lithuania and PBK Estonia in the country.